Ruth Ashby

A behind-the-scenes look at this ramarkable couple, follows them through their struggling movie careers, Ronald's stint as governor of California, the couple's eight years in the White House, an assassination attempt on his life, the announcement of Ronald's Alzheimer's disease, and his death in 2004 at the age of ninety-three.

"In the Great American Documents series, the teacher and graphic-book author Ruth Ashby and the renowned illustrator Ernie Colón tell the story of the United States through the major speeches, laws, proclamations, court decisions, and essays that shaped it. The Great American Documents:Volume I introduces as series narrator none other than Uncle Sam, who walks us through twenty essential documents. Each document gets a chapter, in which Uncle Sam...